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sweer, a. Sc. and north. dial.|swɪə(r), swir|
Forms: 1 swær (suuer, swer), swære, 3 Orm. sware, 3–7 swere, 4 suer, 4–5 suere, 4–6 swer, 6 sweyr, 6–7 sueir, 6–9 sweir, 7 sweare, 7, 9 swear, 8– sweer.
[Com. Teut. adj. (= heavy, grievous, grave):—OE. swǽr, swǽre, also swár, = OFris. swêre (WFris. swier, E. and NFris. swâr, only fig.), OS. swâr, MLG. swêr and swâr, MDu. swær and swâre (Du. zwaar), OHG. suâri and suâr (MHG. swære, swær, and swâr, G. schwer), ON. svárr (Sw. svår; Da. svær from LG.), Goth. svêrs only in sense ‘honoured, worthy’:—OTeut. *swǣrja- and *swǣra- (cf. Lith. sveriù to lift, weigh, svarùs heavy).
Ormin's form sware is from ON. The physical meaning ‘heavy’ did not survive the OE. period.]
†1. Grievous, oppressive. Obs.
a900Cynewulf Crist 1412 (Gr.) Þær þu þolades siþþan..sar & swar ᵹewin & sweartne deað. a1000Cædmon's Gen. 472 (Gr.) Swa him æfter þy yldo ne derede ne suht sware. c1200Ormin 16280 Forr hefiȝ & forr sware unngriþþ Þatt hæþenn follc þær wrohhte. a1225Juliana 46 Ne set me neuer naþing swa luðere ne swa swere.
†2. Oppressed in mind, grieved, sad. Obs.
c1000Ags. Ps. (Th.) ci. 4 [cii. 5] Forðon me is swære stefne, hefiᵹ, gnorniende. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints vi. (Thomas) 480 Þat lichtis þe hart & makis It clere, Þat Ignorance be-fore mad swere.
3. Disinclined for effort, inactive; indolent, slothful.
c725Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) D 26 Desis, suuer. c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xxv. 26 Serue male et piger, ðeᵹn ðe yfle & swer. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints vii. (Jacobus Min.) 12, I tak na tym to tel It here, For I ame ald & sumdele swere. a1500Wisd. Solomon 549 in Ratis Raving, etc. 17 He sais, þat the full suere man plettis his handis one his brest. 1500–20Dunbar Poems xxvi. 70 Mony sweir bumbard belly huddroun. 1513Douglas æneis iii. viii. 15 Nocht sweir, bot in his deidis diligent. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 286 Ydle, sueir, and sleuthfull. 1609Skene Reg. Maj., Stat. Alex. II, 14 The swere and slowfull man will not plowe. 1668R. B. Adagia Scot. 3 An oleit [= active] Mother makes a sweir Daughter. 1865G. Macdonald A. Forbes iv, It's a sweer (lazy) thochtless way to gang to the Almichty wi' ilka fash.
4. Loth, reluctant, unwilling, disinclined (to do something).
a1300Cursor M. 28284 Ic ha ben bath reckeles and suere To helpe nedy in þair mistere. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints vi. (Thomas) 685 Þocht to treu he wes swere, Quhen he can goddis wordis here. a1510Douglas K. Hart ii. 24 In fayth ȝe cum nocht heir; Rin on thy way, or thow sall beir ane route: And say, the portar he is wonder sweir. 1560in Maitl. Club Misc. III. 217 We haif our lang abstractit ourselfis and beyne sweir in adjwning ws to Christes Congregatioun. 1724Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 26 But O I'm wae And unko sweer to die. 1816Scott Antiq. xv, ‘Very right, my little man,’ said Ochiltree, turning the reluctant pony's head towards Monkbarns, ‘but we'll guide him atween us, if he's no a' the sweerer.’ 1896Barrie Marg. Ogilvy vi. (1897) 107 I'm sweer to waken him—I doubt he was working late. |